• Source: Brussels tram route 3

The premetro and 3/info/tram" target="_blank">tram 3/info/route" target="_blank">route 3, was a 3/info/tram" target="_blank">tram 3/info/route" target="_blank">route operated by STIB/MIVB, which connected the Esplanade stop (on the borders of Neder-Over-Heembeek, Laeken and Strombeek-Bever) with the Churchill stop in the southern municipality of Uccle. The line was named after the planned Metro line 3, which is set to service most of the former 3/info/route" target="_blank">route of 3/info/tram" target="_blank">tram line 3. The colour of the signage for this line was lime-green. On 23 September 2024, the line was permanently disbanded, with most of its 3/info/route" target="_blank">route being taken over by the new line 10. A further 3/info/tram" target="_blank">tram line 35 was established, taking over the Esplanade–Van Praet portion of line 3 and continuing on to a new terminus at Bienfaiteurs/Weldoeners.
Following its disbandment, only 3/info/tram" target="_blank">tram lines 4 and 10 remain in the North–South Axis that runs underneath the Pentagon (3/info/brussels" target="_blank">Brussels' city centre). Both lines 4 and 10 have a 6-minute schedule during rush hour and are serviced by the modern low-floor trams (Bombardier T3000 and T4000).




History


The line was created on 30 June 2008, replacing 3/info/tram" target="_blank">tram routes 55 and 56. Together with 3/info/tram" target="_blank">tram routes 4, 7, 8 and 9, it was one of five 'chrono' lines, which means that it was served by low-floor high-capacity trams with a high frequency. The low line number chosen for the new line shows that it is either a metro line or a 'chrono' line.
From 31 August 2009, lines 3 and 4 changed their northern termini. Whereas line 3 used to end at 3/info/brussels" target="_blank">Brussels-North railway station, it then continued all the way to Esplanade, while line 4 was shortened to terminate at 3/info/brussels" target="_blank">Brussels-North. Because of this, the very long line 4 and the short line 3 were then equalised.
Before the line was taken out of service for a while, the line was serviced by both the modern low-floor trams (the T3000 and T4000), as well as the older two-part PCC-trams (T7700 and T7800). After its return in 2008, the line was serviced by the modern low-floor trams only, mostly of the T4000 type.
On 23 September 2024, the line was permanently disbanded on the occasion of the opening of the new 3/info/tram" target="_blank">tram line 10, which took over most of its 3/info/route" target="_blank">route.




3/info/route" target="_blank">Route


The 3/info/route" target="_blank">route ran from Esplanade to De Wand along the N276, then follows the R21 to Van Praet, where it crossed the 3/info/brussels" target="_blank">Brussels Canal. The 3/info/route" target="_blank">route then followed the N201 along the southern side of the canal to Jules de Trooz, before cutting towards the city centre along the Avenue de la Reine/Koninginnelaan and the Boulevard Adolphe Max/Adolphe Maxlaan, connecting 3/info/brussels" target="_blank">Brussels-North and 3/info/brussels" target="_blank">Brussels-South stations, via Bourse - Grand-Place/Beurs - Grote Markt. The 3/info/route" target="_blank">route left the city to the south through Saint-Gilles along the Rue du Lycée/Lyceumstraat and the N241 to its terminus at Churchill.
It served the following stops:

Esplanade, serving the 3/info/brussels" target="_blank">Brussels Exhibition Centre (3/info/brussels" target="_blank">Brussels Expo) site, close to the border with Flanders
De Wand
Araucaria
Buissonnets/Braambosjes
Heembeek
Van Praet
Docks
Mabru
Jules de Trooz
Masui
Thomas
Gare du Nord/Noordstation
Rogier
De Brouckère
Bourse - Grand-Place/Beurs - Grote Markt
Anneessens-Fontainas
Lemonnier
Gare du Midi/Zuidstation
Porte de Hal/Hallepoort
Sint-Gillis Voorplein/Parvis de Saint-Gilles
Horta
Albert
Berkendael/Berkendaal
Vanderkindere
Churchill




See also



List of 3/info/brussels" target="_blank">Brussels 3/info/tram" target="_blank">tram routes




References






External links



STIB/MIVB
Translated from: nl:Tramlijn 3 (Brussel)

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